by Webmaster | Dec 29, 2020 | Identity
The past year was challenging for so many, but especially for people of color, who were disproportionately affected by Covid-19 and who continue to bear the brunt of racism and police brutality. Yet even as 2020 brought tremendous challenges, ethnically and racially...
by Webmaster | Dec 16, 2020 | Identity, Jewish Ritual
Look at a tree, or imagine one. What do you have in common with your tree? You are both living organisms. Strong. Vulnerable. Dynamic. In Jewish teaching, our Torah is called the Tree of Life. Our sacred stories come alive as we reread them each year, bringing our...
by Webmaster | Dec 10, 2020 | Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
[mylist-video-player playlist_id=’PLqZmAeG8LW2VAo6dr4op5_kxQ7r3njag9′] Asked to record themselves lighting the menorah for the fifth night of Hanukkah for CLAL’s Hanukkah in JazzTime concert on Dec. 14, Shelli Aderman and Narda E. Alcorn and their...
by Webmaster | Dec 8, 2020 | Identity, Recipes
Potato latkes are a staple of Hanukkah, and I have a few different versions that I like to make. But the recipe I share below is special to me because it blends my Japanese and Jewish heritage. It is a recipe that I will pass on to my children, and hopefully they will...
by Shekhiynah Larks | Dec 1, 2020 | Holidays, Identity
Let’s be honest; the magic of Hanukkah usually wears thin by the 6th night, and on what may seem like day ten-thousand-whatever of quarantine (especially if you have little ones) it might be a bit harder to ensure Hanukkah in the age of Covid is truely ‘8 crazy...
by Webmaster | Nov 30, 2020 | Identity
[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=”article-header-banner”] I was born in a city along the Silk Road, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where my ancestors lived for over 2000 years, making my Jewish identity simultaneously Bukharian, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and...
